Iran Must Be Hit on All Fronts, Including Covert Action for Regime Change

Trump’s options right now are battlefield and major combat operations, not diplomacy.

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Reza Pahlavi on March 29, 2023 at Washington, D.C. Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Jul 29, 2026, 05:14 PM ET

After yesterday’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps performance trying to attack an American military base in Jordan, on top of all the other attacks they’ve made, and all the things they’ve refused to say about a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz deal — these are radical Islamists who hate America, hate Israel, deluded into thinking that they can win the war and run the Middle East, and continue to sponsor terrorism and build nuclear weapons.

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Iran Must Be Hit on All Fronts, Including Covert Action for Regime Change

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